Jennie Taylor is the owner of this fabled 1934 Alfa Romeo Tipo B ‘P3’. It belonged to her late husband, the long-term Alfa Romeo collector Hugh, from 2005, and Jennie is committed to furthering his passion for chassis 50007, ensuring it continues to remain in the public eye.
‘The car is loved everywhere,’ she says. ‘In 2019 I took her to Cavallino Classic in Florida and people were so excited to see her that they couldn’t stop thanking me for bringing her “back home” to the USA, as they said, as she was famous for her Indianapolis days. In March 2020 we went to the Amelia Island Concours and had a wonderful show there, too.’ Jennie is rightly proud, because her P3 was campaigned in both Europe and the USA either side of World War Two.
The origins of the Alfa Romeo Tipo B ‘P3’ date back to Autumn 1923, when engineer Vittorio Jano was headhunted from Fiat by Alfa Romeo. Underlining his genius, and the impact of his loss to Fiat, exactly 12 months later Alfa Romeo was being credited as the most advanced race car manufacturer while Fiat had announced its withdrawal from competition. Jano created the P2, the first Grand Prix car specifically designed to win races, which went on to establish much of Alfa Romeo’s legendary status as a racing car manufacturer. It was powered by a supercharged 2.0-litre twin-cam straight-eight,
